Neonatal stroke and progressive leukoencephalopathy in a child with an ACTA2 mutation

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-534

  Moosa, Ahsan N V ^a   Traboulsi, Elias I ^a   Reid, Janet ^a   Prieto, Lourdes ^a   Moran, Rocio ^a   Friedman, Neil R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTA2; congenital mydriasis; moyamoya syndrome; neonatal leukoencephalopathy; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACTA2 GENE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONGENITAL BILATERAL MYDRIASIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYDRIASIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY;

ACTINS; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; STROKE;

EID: 84875352288     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812446631     Document Type: Article

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